Hijackers divert plane to Algiers from Beirut
An Athens to Rome TWA flight with 153 aboard was hijacked and diverted to Beirut for fuel then to Algiers where the airport closed to traffic. Passengers freed in Beirut described gunfire and beatings, with two hijackers reportedly armed with grenades and pistols.
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Algiers
Algeria
TWA
Beirut
Lebanese Transportation Ministry
Ziad Kassem
Associated Press
U.S
Cyprus
Irma Garza
Laredo
Texas
Chicago
Senator proposes executions on TV for convicted spies
Senator Ted Stevens proposes televised executions for espionage when secrets are sold for money, calling it a deterrent. The bill would impose death for sale of secrets with money, while gifts would carry life imprisonment. defense and justice leaders expressed mixed support.
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Washington
Ted Stevens
Alaska Republican
Senate
Stevens
John A. Walker Jr
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Senate Intelligence Committee
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
Weinberger
Edwin A. Meese
Borrower avoids $1500 library fine in Forgiveness Week
An elderly man returns Ellen Semple's 460 page American History and Its Geographic Condition to Chicago Public Library's South Chicago branch after a checkout date of November 1, 1903. The book, 82 years overdue, elicited jokes about fines while staff note the book remains in good condition.
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Chicago
Chicago Public Library System
Ellen Semple
Lalita Hill
Hill
Clifton Nicholson
Global nuclear web fuels war risk says new book
Washington AP reports that major powers have built a worldwide infrastructure of war related posts weather stations and observatories to synchronize nuclear forces. Authors Arkin and Fieldhouse say there are 50 000 to 59 000 warheads with about 10 000 on alert and 11 800 deployed outside home nations. The US stores weapons in 28 states plus Guam and eight other countries. South Carolina is noted for a high concentration.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
England
France
China
William Arkin
Richard Fieldhouse
Guam
Belgium
Greece
Italy
The
Netherlands
Turkey
Britain
West Germany
South Korea
South Carolina
EOC readiness for disasters in Ector County Odessa
In Odessa the Ector County Emergency Operations Center sits dormant yet ready in the police basement to coordinate responses to natural or man-made disasters. Jim Hall and Judy Miller would activate it during severe weather while the city manager would authorize activation for nuclear attacks. FEMA funds emergency facilities and notes area risk changes with Odessa in a high risk band, Midland higher due to population and oil.
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Ector County
Odessa
Jim Hall
Hall
Judy Miller
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Laureen Chernow
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Austin
Midland
Chernow
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Garza
Frances Reynolds
Organization of the Oppressed
Beirut Air Terminal
EOC
Pache Sak
Guan
Hoy
Cte Ree
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